"Tautāwhi | Admin Assistant"

Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health

Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand

• Part-time 15 hours per week (0.4 FTE) / Continuing position
• Three days per week – Job Share (incl. Thurs, Fri, third day negotiable)
• Generous annual leave provisions and professional development opportunities

Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā!

He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Tautāwhi? Nāia te pōwhiri nā Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha kia tono mai i te tūranga nei.

Āu Mahi | What You Will Do

The role of Tautāwhi | Admin Assistant in the Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health is to provide high quality administrative support for the Administration Services Manager, Administrators and associated staff by utilising a collaborative team approach. This includes the coordination and promotion of the school and faculty by ensuring all staff, student, visitors and enquiries are dealt with efficiently and effectively. Duties will include: Exam results administration, monitoring and actioning a shared clinical mailbox, event/meeting set up support, staff and visitor building access.

Mōu | Who You Are

This role is perfect for someone looking to build on their skills and grow within a supportive team environment, someone with:

• Administration experience, ideally in a medium to large organisation
• Customer service experience (with evidence of responding to queries and resolving issues in a timely manner)
• Intermediate level skills in all Microsoft Office application (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Jade SMS or similar, Outlook)
• Experience in the tertiary education sector is desirable
• Time management skills such as working with and prioritising a high query Outlook inbox
• Evidence of working both independently and collaboratively within a team environment, such as sharing tasks.

Mahi Ngātahi | Who You Will Work With

Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health offers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and research activities that respond to the dynamic nature of the health and sport sectors and their workforce. We offer undergraduate programmes in Sport and Health Sciences as well as postgraduate programmes in Counselling, Social Work, Child and Family Psychology, Nursing, Health Leadership as well as various population health and clinical endorsements within the Postgraduate Diploma and Master of Health Sciences. For more information on our Faculty please visit us at Te Kaupeka Oranga | Faculty of Health

Ngā Painga o UC | Why UC

Ngā Uara | Our Values of manaakitanga, whanaungatanga and tiakitanga guide our decisions and behaviour and provide a roadmap for how we do things at UC, affirming our commitment to pastoral care and support for our ākonga and staff. They challenge and inspire us to be the best we can, and make UC a great place to work and study. For more info on Ngā Uara | Our Values visit us here.

We offer a range of fantastic benefits including flexible work practices, study opportunities and generous superannuation and leave provisions. For more information, please visit us: https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/joinus/benefits/ . For more information about Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha | University of Canterbury, please visit https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/

The closing date for this position is: 5 March 2026 (midnight, NZ time)

Please note, applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place before the close date.

Pēhea te tono mai | How You Apply

Applications for this position must be submitted via our careers website and should include a cover letter and resume.

Please note, we do not accept applications by email, however we are happy to answer your queries in relation to the application process, please forward these to WorkatUC@canterbury.ac.nz

You must have Aotearoa New Zealand or Australian citizenship/permanent residency to be considered for this role. If you hold a valid work visa and are physically present in New Zealand, then you may also be considered.